使 Test 3 中的贪婪 * 不情愿没有效果，它仍然会中断(参见 Test 4)。

这是测试工具:

public class Main {

    private static String testFind(String regex, String input) {
        try {
            boolean returned = java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(input).find();
            return "testFind       : Valid   -> regex = "+regex+", input = "+input+", returned = "+returned;
        } catch(Exception e) {
            return "testFind       : Invalid -> "+regex+", "+e.getMessage();
        }
    }

    private static String testReplaceAll(String regex, String input) {
        try {
            String returned = input.replaceAll(regex, "FOO");
            return "testReplaceAll : Valid   -> regex = "+regex+", input = "+input+", returned = "+returned;
        } catch(Exception e) {
            return "testReplaceAll : Invalid -> "+regex+", "+e.getMessage();
        }
    }

    private static String testSplit(String regex, String input) {
        try {
            String[] returned = input.split(regex);
            return "testSplit      : Valid   -> regex = "+regex+", input = "+input+", returned = "+java.util.Arrays.toString(returned);
        } catch(Exception e) {
            return "testSplit      : Invalid -> "+regex+", "+e.getMessage();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] regexes = {"(?<=a*)B", "(?<=a+)B", "(?<=Ca*)B", "(?<=Ca*?)B"};
        String input = "CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaa";
        int test = 0;
        for(String regex : regexes) {
            test++;
            System.out.println("********************** Test "+test+" **********************");
            System.out.println("    "+testFind(regex, input));
            System.out.println("    "+testReplaceAll(regex, input));
            System.out.println("    "+testSplit(regex, input));
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

输出:

********************** Test 1 **********************
    testFind       : Valid   -> regex = (?<=a*)B, input = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaa, returned = true
    testReplaceAll : Valid   -> regex = (?<=a*)B, input = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaa, returned = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaFOOaaaa
    testSplit      : Valid   -> regex = (?<=a*)B, input = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaa, returned = [Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, aaaa]

********************** Test 2 **********************
    testFind       : Valid   -> regex = (?<=a+)B, input = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaa, returned = true
    testReplaceAll : Valid   -> regex = (?<=a+)B, input = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaa, returned = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaFOOaaaa
    testSplit      : Valid   -> regex = (?<=a+)B, input = CaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaa, returned = [Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, aaaa]

********************** Test 3 **********************
    testFind       : Invalid -> (?<=Ca*)B, Look-behind group does not have an obvious maximum length near index 6
(?<=Ca*)B
      ^
    testReplaceAll : Invalid -> (?<=Ca*)B, Look-behind group does not have an obvious maximum length near index 6
(?<=Ca*)B
      ^
    testSplit      : Invalid -> (?<=Ca*)B, Look-behind group does not have an obvious maximum length near index 6
(?<=Ca*)B
      ^

********************** Test 4 **********************
    testFind       : Invalid -> (?<=Ca*?)B, Look-behind group does not have an obvious maximum length near index 7
(?<=Ca*?)B
       ^
    testReplaceAll : Invalid -> (?<=Ca*?)B, Look-behind group does not have an obvious maximum length near index 7
(?<=Ca*?)B
       ^
    testSplit      : Invalid -> (?<=Ca*?)B, Look-behind group does not have an obvious maximum length near index 7
(?<=Ca*?)B
       ^

我的问题可能很明显，但我还是会问:谁能向我解释为什么 Test 1 和 2 失败，以及 测试 3 和 4 没有？ 我原以为它们都会失败，而不是一半工作，一半失败。

谢谢。

PS。我正在使用:Java 版本 1.6.0_14